Summary of Study ST001393
This data is available at the NIH Common Fund's National Metabolomics Data Repository (NMDR) website, the Metabolomics Workbench, https://www.metabolomicsworkbench.org, where it has been assigned Project ID PR000956. The data can be accessed directly via it's Project DOI: 10.21228/M84386 This work is supported by NIH grant, U2C- DK119886.
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| Study ID | ST001393 |
| Study Title | Sea-ice diatom compatible solute shifts |
| Study Type | Compatible solutes were quantified in sea-ice diatoms |
| Study Summary | Sea-ice algae provide an important source of primary production in polar regions, yet we have limited understanding of their responses to the seasonal cycling of temperature and salinity. Using a targeted liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry-based metabolomics approach, we found that axenic cultures of the Antarctic sea-ice diatom, Nitzschia lecointei, displayed large differences in their metabolomes when grown in a matrix of conditions that included temperatures of –1 and 4°C, and salinities of 32 and 41, despite relatively small changes in growth rate. Temperature exerted a greater effect than salinity on cellular metabolite pool sizes, though the N- or S-containing compatible solutes, 2,3-dihydroxypropane-1-sulfonate (DHPS), glycine betaine (GBT), dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP), and proline responded strongly to both temperature and salinity, suggesting complexity in their control. We saw the largest (> 4 fold) response to salinity for proline. DHPS, a rarely studied but potential compatible solute, reached the highest intracellular compatible solute concentrations of ~ 85 mM. When comparing the culture findings to natural Arctic sea-ice diatom communities, we found extensive overlap in metabolite profiles, highlighting the relevance of culture-based studies to probe environmental questions. Large changes in sea-ice diatom metabolomes and compatible solutes over a seasonal cycle could be significant components of biogeochemical cycling within sea ice. |
| Institute | University of Washington |
| Department | School of Oceanography |
| Laboratory | Ingalls Lab |
| Last Name | Dawson |
| First Name | Hannah |
| Address | 1501 NE Boat Street, Marine Science Building, Room G, Seattle, WA 98195 |
| hmdawson@uw.edu | |
| Phone | 2062216750 |
| Submit Date | 2020-03-24 |
| Publications | Dawson et al., Elementa |
| Raw Data Available | Yes |
| Raw Data File Type(s) | mzXML |
| Analysis Type Detail | LC-MS |
| Release Date | 2020-09-29 |
| Release Version | 1 |
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Sample Preparation:
| Sampleprep ID: | SP001475 |
| Sampleprep Summary: | Each sample was extracted using a modified Bligh-Dyer extraction. Briefly, filters were cut up and put into 15 mL teflon centrifuge tubes containing a mixture of 100 µm and 400 µm silica beads. Heavy isotope-labeled internal standards were added along with ~2 mL of cold aqueous solvent (50:50 methanol:water) and ~3 mL of cold organic solvent (dichloromethane). The samples were shaken on a FastPrep-24 Homogenizer for 30 seconds and chilled in a -20 °C freezer repeatedly for three cycles of bead-beating and a total of 30 minutes of chilling. The organic and aqueous layers were separated by spinning samples in a centrifuge at 4,300 rpm for 2 minutes at 4 °C. The aqueous layer was removed to a new glass centrifuge tube. The remaining organic fraction was rinsed three more times with additions of 1 to 2 mL of 50:50 methanol:water. All aqueous rinses were combined for each sample and dried down under N2 gas. The remaining organic layer was transferred into a clean glass centrifuge tube and the remaining bead beating tube was rinsed two more times with cold organic solvent. The combined organic rinses were centrifuged, transferred to a new tube, and dried under N2 gas. Dried aqueous fractions were re-dissolved in 380 µL of water. Dried organic fractions were re-dissolved in 380 µL of 1:1 water:acetonitrile. 20 µL of isotope-labeled injection standards in water were added to both fractions. Blank filters were extracted alongside samples as methodological blanks. |
| Processing Storage Conditions: | On ice |
| Extraction Method: | Bligh-Dyer |
| Extract Storage: | -80℃ |
